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/dɪˈklaɪn/

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noun

Declive, descenso

Downward movement, fall.

Examples :

"The steep decline in the student population led to the school closing. "

La fuerte disminución de la población estudiantil llevó al cierre de la escuela.

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noun

Declive, pendiente

A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.

Examples :

"The steep decline of the hill made the bike ride challenging. "

La fuerte pendiente de la colina hizo que el paseo en bicicleta fuera un desafío.

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noun

Declive, disminución

Examples :

"The recent decline in student attendance worried the school principal. "

La reciente disminución en la asistencia de estudiantes preocupó al director de la escuela.

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noun

Declive, disminución

A reduction or diminution of activity.

Examples :

"The decline in student participation in the after-school program was noticeable this year. "

La disminución de la participación estudiantil en el programa extraescolar fue notable este año.

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noun

Declive, rechazo

The act of declining or refusing something.

Examples :

"My sister's decline to attend the family dinner was a disappointment. "

La negativa de mi hermana a asistir a la cena familiar fue una decepción.

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verb

Disminuir, bajar, declinar

To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

Examples :

"The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."

El dólar ha disminuido rápidamente desde 2001.

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verb

Declinar, empeorar

To become weaker or worse.

Examples :

"My health declined in winter."

Mi salud empeoró en invierno.

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verb

Declinar, disminuir, rechazar

To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

Examples :

"The heavy rain caused the branches of the old oak tree to decline. "

La fuerte lluvia hizo que las ramas del viejo roble se declinaran.

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verb

Disminuir, reducir

To cause to decrease or diminish.

Examples :

"The doctor recommended some exercises to decline the patient's high blood pressure. "

El médico recomendó algunos ejercicios para reducir la presión arterial alta del paciente.

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verb

Declinar, rechazar, desviarse

To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.

Examples :

"a line that declines from straightness"

Una línea que se desvía de la rectitud.

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verb

Rechazar, declinar

To refuse, forbear.

Examples :

"On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."

Después de reflexionarlo, creo que rechazaré su generosa oferta.

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verb

Declinar

(grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.

Examples :

"The noun "teacher" declines to "teachers" in the plural. "

El sustantivo "teacher" se declina a "teachers" en plural.

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verb

Deletrear, recitar

(by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

Examples :

"The student diligently declined the Latin noun, repeating its different cases from nominative to accusative. "

El estudiante declinó diligentemente el sustantivo latino, repitiendo sus diferentes casos desde el nominativo hasta el acusativo.

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verb

Rechazar

To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

Examples :

"The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain."

El equipo optó por rechazar la penalización de quince yardas porque su receptor había atrapado el balón para una ganancia de treinta yardas.

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